UCC WORK PROGRAMME PROGRESS REPORT 2021
Earlier this week, the European Commission published the third report on the progress achieved in the development of the electronic systems under the UCC since its entry into force on 1 May 2016. The report was submitted to the Council and the European Parliament.
The report concludes that tangible progress is being made in ensuring the full deployment of the electronic systems by the relevant deadlines. An increasing number of electronic systems have been deployed and are now fully operational. The ICS2 (Release 1) project was successfully deployed in 2021 while AES and NCTS-P5 also successfully entered operation in one Member State. However, the Commission considered that several national plans present risks for the orderly and timely deployment of the national systems related to the entry and import of goods and of the trans-European systems for transit and export (NCTS-P5 and AES) by the legal deadlines. The Commission has invited the Member States to take all necessary steps to advance their plans.
The overall planning of the projects is defined in the UCC Work Programme, whilst the overview of the specific national plans per Member State and per project can be consulted here.
Source: European Commission